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Following the application by M.D Abubakar, counsel to the Attorney General of the Federation, the Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out the case challenging 119 #EndBadGovernance minor protesters. The case, which was applied for takeover and discontinuation by the AGF, sees the presiding judge, Obiora Egwuatu, agree to the prayer according to […]
Former Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over mismanagement and diversion of funds meant for the state. Okowa was arrested over N1.3 trillion, which was a 13 percent derivation fund from the federation from 2015-2023 meant for oil-producing states. Okowa was […]
There was relief for families and residents of Egini and other communities in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, as the team of the National Association of Seadogs (NAS) visited the community to render free public healthcare services in line with the association’s deployment of routine medical outreach in communities across Nigeria. Hundreds of […]
The immediate and extended families of Ashenenye residing in Nasarawa State, are outraged over the death of their 35-year-old daughter killed by a police officer in the State and the command offering one hundred thousand naira for her burial. Patience Akla Ashenenye was crushed by an Hilux van driving from the government house […]
A great feat has been achieved by the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, giving hope to sickle cell patients after a bone marrow transplant was successfully conducted on two patients with sickle cell disease. The patients, one pediatrician, and an adult were admitted into the Sickle Cell Foundation, Marrow Transplant Center in Lagos, […]
Importers, distributors, and retailers have been advised to prevent the importation of a particular brand of Nivea Roll-on deodorant, causing health hazards to its users, which was produced in Germany with bar code 42299882. The attention of the public was drawn by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, towards […]
The detained 76 #EndBadGovernance protesters which included some teenagers who were allegedly were seen in a distressing state upon arrival at the Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment before Justice Obiora Egwuatu. In some videos circulating the internet, the protesters seen in the courtroom, mainly minors, looked malnourished as four of them were […]
Idris Okuneye (Bobrisky), the controversial crossdresser, has been taken by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for questioning and interrogation. Bobrisky was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed Airport trying to escape Nigeria to Amsterdam, UK, on a night flight on Thursday. Sources from the Commission revealed that the crossdresser had been flown from Lagos […]
On Thursday at the Red Chambers, Nigerian Senators suspended their plenary again till November 19, 2024. This is coming after a seven-week annual recess that the senators went in July and was to resume on September 17 but was postponed by one week. This new suspension is to allow the lawmakers and committees to […]
The change of name and reshuffle of ministers in President Bola Tinubu’s administration, which also affected the Ministry of Niger Delta Development Commission to the Ministry for Regional Development, brought a decision by the House of Representatives for the Presidency to reconsider. The motion was initially sponsored by PDP member Oboku Oforji from Bayelsa State […]